Henry pieper



T m M HP B we m .R A G a d O M 0 w No. 567,358. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

.01. QZJWML UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY PIE ER, or LIEGE, BELGIUM.

CARTRdDGE-PACK ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,358, datedSeptember 8, 1896. Application fil d June 17, 1896. Serial No. 595,895.(No model.) Patented in Belgium November 6, 1895, No. 118,262.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY PIEPER, a subject of the King of Belgium,residing at Liege, Belgium, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oartridge-Feeding Devices for Firearms, (for which Ihave obtained a patent in Belgium, No. 118,262, dated November 6, 1895;)and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the present invention is a feeding device for cartridges,serving to receive a certain number of cartridges in one package, sothat the introduction into the magazine of a firearm of the same isgreatly facilitated. The cartridgefeeders can be divided into twoclasses, those that are introduced into the magazine with the cartridgesand those out of which the cartridges are removed in order to be placedinto the magazine, so that the feeder remains outside of the latter. Thepresent invention relates to this latter class of cartridge-feeders. Inthe same the cartridges are assembled in such a way that by a simplepressure on the upper cartridge they cannot be charged into the gun;

but it is necessary to make a certain motion in order to withdraw thespring holding the cartridges. In placing the feeder into the receiverover the magazine and by giving a pressure on the uppercartridge thispressure, cooperating with the inclined plane or the notch with inclinedsides cut into the receiver, will produce a retraction of the retaining-sprin g and the cartridges will pass without other resistance into thegun. In the feeders made heretofore the groove serving to guide thecartridges is formed by one fixed side and by a spring forming the otherside, while in the present feeder a groove is formed by two fixed sidesand aspring acting against the rear of the cartridges. This feeder whenprovided with cartridges forms a solid pack ,age from which thecartridges cannot come loose during transportation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show end views in thecartridge-feeder with the cartridges inserted therein. Figs. 3, 4, 4E,and 5 show the spring in side elevation, front elevation, and end view.Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the feeder, showing the springtherein and indicating the position of cartridges in dotted lines. Fig.7 is a side elevation. Fig. 8 shows the feeder placed over the receiverof a gun, and Fig. 9 is a cross-section through the feeder withoutspring and cartridges.

The feeder a is made of sheet metal, preferably stc el, which is bent bysuitable tools into a channel of the form indicated in crosssection byFig. 9. The two sides, as can be seen from said figure, have an innerrib 12, forming with the bottom of the channel a fixed slide into whichthe rear ends of the cartridges can be freely inserted and wherein theyare held by a spring 0, having the ends 0 or a slightly curved, as inFig. 3, or curved inwardly, as in Fig. 4. This spring is provided withsuitable holes in its middle part and is secured by rivets or othersimilar means either inside of the channel a or outside of the same, asshown in the figures. In one or the other case the spring presses onlyby its ends on the lower cartridge and on the upper cartridge, and itforms no part of the means serving to guide the cartridges. The latterare therefore firmly retained in the feeder, and at the ends theretaining-spring secures the lowerand upper cartridge against fallingout by clamping with the ends do over the same. In order to free thecartridge, it is necessary to press the end of the spring back, whichcan be effected in different ways. For instance, the spring can beprovided with lateral projections 61, as shown in Fig. 4, which projectlaterally from the guide or channel a, as shown in Figs. 7 and S. If nowthe breech of the gun is provided with a notch 19, having slanting sideswherein the projections d d can engage, it is sufficient to press thecartridges, with the feeder, slightly A point of attack to withdraw thedescribed manner. A small pressure on the upper cartridge would besuflicient to allow the lower cartridge to slip out into the gun, I

and the feeder would do the same service as those employed heretofore. i

Having thus described my invention, claim A cartridge-feeder composed ofa channel to guide the cartridges, bent of metal and having in itslateral portions projecting ribs b, b, in combination of a springsecured to the bottom of said channel and having lateral In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY PIERER.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER SoHRIcK, J. Gnoss.

